Washington, #1 in the conference but with no players at 4 Nations, came out of the break flying, blowing out Pittsburgh 8-3.
New York Rangers, #11 in the conference and having sent 6 players to 4 Nations, got bombed 8-2 by Buffalo.
Good post. For all that state contributes at the high school and college level, it’s been pretty much dud at the NHL level. The Wild especially, as you noted. But even the North Stars, hard to think of anything memorable about them except the bright green jerseys and the Dino Ciccarelli-led run to the final one year.
I’ve seen that too. But I’ve looked though it and seems to be a pretty normal schedule until it gets to the end when they finish with 5 of 6 games on the road.